Past date
Middle Fork of the Salmon River, May 7, 2017
River flow7.81 ft
Actual · 05/07/2017
7.81 ft; discharge 13,100 cfs
USGS daily
05/07 average
4.67 ft; discharge 5,044 cfs
20-year USGS
Above average by 3.14 ft.
Weather & snowStanley, ID · 67° / 39°F · 0.16" · Banner 312 · Banner Summit 312, 05/07 average: 34% of peak melted · 18.3 in SWE
Stanley, ID
That day · 2017
67° / 39°F · 0.16"
05/07 average
59° / 25°F · 0.08"
19 years
Middle Fork Lodge
Lodge averages are for future dates only (station ended 2013).
Salmon, ID
That day · 2017
74° / 48°F
05/07 average
67° / 37°F · 0.03"
20 years
Banner Summit 312
Banner Summit 312, 05/07 average: 34% of peak melted · 18.3 in SWE
Deadwood Summit 439
Deadwood Summit 439, 05/07 average: 15% of peak melted · 37.1 in SWE
Lottery oddsOutside the May 28–Sep 3 lottery season. Season-wide 2025: 1.79%.
2025 lottery
Outside the May 28–Sep 3 lottery season. Season-wide 2025: 1.79%.
Day-of-week context (2025)
Days with the best odds: Saturday 2.81%, Friday 2.17%
Days with the worst odds: Monday 1.05%, Tuesday 1.54%
Sundays: 1.78%, about 1 in 56
Odds are launches ÷ first-choice applications (2025 USFS). That is date competition, not a personal win rate.